# Cardiovascular Disease

Last year

2022

Eating vegetables may not protect against heart disease, study suggests

The findings challenge previous research that suggests eating more vegetables is linked to a lower risk of heart attack, stroke and death.

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Feb 21st 2022, 11:41 AM

All time

# eggcellent

An egg a day may keep heart disease away

Authors of a new study have said the research should not be looked at in isolation as diet is more complicated than just one item of food.

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May 22nd 2018, 8:51 AM

# antiretroviral

Death rates for HIV-positive adults have halved

However, the risk of death from non-AIDS cancers remained stable.

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Jul 18th 2014, 7:30 AM

# Diabetes

"A real breakthrough": Study finds exercise will effectively fight heart disease in diabetics

Doctors previously lacked definitive evidence that such treatment was effective.

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Apr 3rd 2014, 6:45 AM

# sleep tight

Irish researcher tells why lack of sleep is bad for the heart

It’s not so much your blood pressure, as it is how sleep deprivation affects how blood pumps around your body. Yes, science.

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Jan 4th 2014, 8:30 PM

# Health

Children of obese mothers 35 per cent more like to die early - study

A joint study by the University of Edinburgh and Columbia University in New York has found that children of overweight mothers are more likely to suffer from heart disease.

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Aug 14th 2013, 9:21 AM

# Heart Disease

Heart disease risk in children as young as 10 - study

The study of children from a Dublin primary school showed that 16 had risk factors for cardiovascular disease, while six had high cholesterol.

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Jan 17th 2013, 8:11 AM

# Smoking

Smoking is bigger risk for women than men, says new study

Research suggests that women who smoke are significantly more likely to suffer heart attacks.

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Aug 11th 2011, 8:43 AM